2004 Recruiting Class

Star of the Class
Elias Ellis LB 5-11 215 Los Angeles, Calif. (Leuzinger)(El Camino CC)
Finished his career at El Camino with 177 career tackles ... limited to eight games as a sophomore due to injury ... tallied 91 total tackles as a sophomore in eight games and finished fourth in the conference in tackles per game (11.3) ... picked as ECCC's Team Captain as a sophomore ... selected as team's Most Inspirational Player and won the "Big Hitter" award ... received the Academic Achievement Award ... four-year starter at Leuzinger High ... named All-Area and was second-team All-State as a senior ... played several positions, including running back as a junior, where he rushed for over 1,000-yards ... participated in track, running in the 100- and 200-meter dashes ... recruited in junior college by UCLA, Texas A&M and Boise State ... recruited out of high school by Oregon State, Washington State and Hawaii

Instant Impact Players
Manuel Burton TE 6-4 238 Memphis, Tenn. (White Station)
Already a member of the Indian football team ... Burton came to ASU as a walkon for the 2002 season ... in 2003 played in nine games ... caught four passes for 35 yards and one touchdown ... in 2002 played in 11 games, starting three at tight end ... had three receptions for 15 yards ... was a three-year letterman at White Station, catching 28 passes for 300 yards as a senior to lead all tight ends in the Memphis metro area ... played quarterback as a junior and finished third in the league in passing ... selected as his team's MVP and the school's "Athlete of the Year" as a senior ... outstanding basketball player and was voted as team's "Defensive Player of the Year"

Jarod Little P 6-1 202 Benton (Benton)
Already a member of the Indian football team ... won the punting as a true freshman job prior to the start of the 2003 season ... punted 78 times for 3,085-yards for a 39.6 average ... long punt of 66 yards ... had five touchbacks, four fair-catches and an impressive 15 punts downed inside the 20-yard line ... set the school freshman record for punts ... 78 punts rank third in school history ... the 3,085-yards ranks as the fourth-best effort in school history ... named the Sun Belt Conference's "Special Teams Player of the Week" twice, on Sept. 13 and again on Oct. 6

Rest of the Class
Cody Brown OL 6-4 315 Columbus, Miss. (New Hope)(East Miss. CC)
Fred Brown DB 6-3 200 Dallas, Tex. (Lincoln)
Tim Burleson DL 6-2 315 Arlington, Tex. (James W. Martin)
Nat Duvall OL 6-5 280 Pascagoula, Miss. (Pascagoula)
Zach Eichenberger OL 6-2 240 Springdale (Springdale)
Brian Flagg LB 6-3 236 Ripley, Tenn. (Ripley)
Page Gill LB-DE 6-4 275 / Dumas (Dumas)
Edgar Givens S 6-4 190 New Madrid, Mo. (New Madrid County Central)
Jerime Henderson RB-LB 5-11 203 Memphis, Tenn. (Kingsbury)
Travis Hewitt QB 6-2 190 Ballwin, Mo. (St. John Vianney)
Prince Hickman DL 6-1 310 Dallas, Tex. ( South Garland)
Devin Hollins QB 6-1 205 Los Angeles, Calif. (Crenshaw)(West L.A.)
Kevin Jones WR 5-11 190 Shreveport, La. (Fair Park)
Matt Mandich OL 6-2 275 Hattiesburg, Miss. (Oak Grove)
Lance Martin OL 6-4 290 Columbus, Miss. (New Hope )(East Miss. CC)
Koby McKinnon S 6-3 202 Junction City (Junction City)
Tyler McNeely DE 6-4 231 Jackson, Mo. (Jackson)
Bret Miles DB 6-1 205 Jacksonville (Jacksonville)
Chris Miller WR 6-2 180 Hot Springs (Hot Springs)
Jonathan Najm DL 6-3 252 Fremont, Calif. (Irvington)(Laney JC)
Isaiah Rucker LB 6-2 240 Camden (Harmony Grove)
Joe Smith WR 6-4 190 Bastrop, La. (Bastrop)
Antwoine Thomas DL 6-3 264 Fort Smith (Northside)
Vincent Thrower OL 6-5 315 / Camden (Harmony Grove)
Darren Toney RB-DB 6-0 185 Lake Village (Lakeside)